Basaveshwaranagara

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Vidhan Sabha		Rajajinagar Mahalakshmi Layout Govindarajanagar

Basaveshwaranagara, also known as Basaveshwaranagar, Basaveshnagara or Basaveshnagar is a largely residential neighbourhood in the west of

(BBMP) wards. The area of Basaveshwaranagara is often considered West of Chord Road as it lies to the west of Chord Road, an arterial road in the western part of Bengaluru.

Etymology

Basaveshwaranagara is named after

History

Basaveshwaranagara was formed as an extension by the City Improvement Trust Board (currently the

SEZs

), large-scale development in the area has been minimal and Basaveshwaranagara is today considered one of the greenest and more conservative localities of Bengaluru city.

Geography

Basaveshwaranagara is situated in the western part of Bangalore, about 914 metres above sea level,

.

The terrain of Basaveshwaranagara is quite hilly and uneven. The area is known for its steep and hilly roads which rise high and low. The area was also known for lakes such as the Agrahara Dasarahalli Lake, Kurubarahalli Lake and Saneguruvahalli Lake among others. All the lakes have dried up in recent time and residential layouts or parks have been built over them.

Basaveshwaranagara is considered to be the least polluted locality in Bengaluru city, with real-time air quality level coming well within Good levels of 0–50 most of the time.^[4] There is an air quality monitoring station at Saneguruvanahalli maintained by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB).^[5]

Climate

Under the Köppen climate classification, Bangalore including Basaveshwaranagar itself experiences a tropical savanna climate (Aw). Due to its high elevation, a more moderate climate throughout the year is experienced, although occasional heat waves can make summer somewhat uncomfortable.^[6] The coolest month is December with an average low temperature of 15.4 °C (59.7 °F) and the hottest month is April with an average high temperature of 36 °C (97 °F).^[7] The highest temperature ever recorded is 38.9 °C (102 °F) (recorded in March 1931). The lowest ever recorded is 7.8 °C (46 °F) (recorded in January 1884).^[8][9] Winter temperatures rarely drop below 12 °C (54 °F), and summer temperatures seldom exceed 37 °C (99 °F). Receiving rainfall from both the northeast and the southwest monsoons ; the wettest months are September, October and August.^[7] The summer heat is moderated by fairly frequent thunderstorms, which occasionally cause power outages and local flooding. The heaviest rainfall recorded in a 24-hour period is 179 millimetres (7 in) recorded on 1 October 1997.^[10]

Localities

Basaveshwaranagara is divided into four stages, which are further subdivided into blocks. The area also subsumes sub-localities such as:

• Agrahara Dasarahalli
• Ashtagrama Layout
• Bhimajyotinagara
• Bovi Colony
• Gruhalakshmi Layout
• Indiranagara
• Kamalanagara
• Kamalanagara
  Bharat Earth Movers Limited
  (BEML) Layout
• Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) Colony
• Kirloskar Colony
• Kurubarahalli
• Lakshmi Nagara
• Life Insurance Corporation of India
  (LIC) Model Housing Colony
• Manjunatha Nagara
• Saneguruvanahalli
• Satyanarayana Layout
• Shakti Ganapati Nagara
• Sharada Colony
• Shivanagar
• Shivanahalli
• Sri Venkateshwara Krupa (SVK) Layout
• State Bank of India (SBI) Colony
• SVNGSS Layout
• Teachers Colony
• Vinayaka Housing Board Cooperative Society (VHBCS) Layout

Civic administration

Politics

Basaveshwaranagar comes under three

BBMP wards

Basaveshwaranagar is spread across seven wards of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). One of these wards (Ward 100) goes by the name of Basaveshwaranagar itself. Barring this ward and also Ward 74 (Shakthi Ganapathi Nagar), none of the other BBMP wards fully lie within Basaveshwaranagar.

Basaveshwaranagar BBMP Ward information
Ward no.	Ward name	Land Area (km2)	Population (2011 census)	BBMP Zone	Assembly constituency	Parliamentary constituency	Corporator
74	Shakthi Ganapathi Nagar[24]	5.84[24]	43,844[24]	Rajarajeshwari Nagar[25]	Mahalakshmi Layout[24]	Bangalore North[24]	Gangamma Rajanna[24]
75	Shankar Mutt[26]	0.7[26]	48,734[26]	Rajarajeshwari Nagar[25]	Mahalakshmi Layout[26]	Bangalore North[26]	M. Shivaraju[26]
99	Rajajinagar[27]	0.56[27]	32,913[27]	Vijayanagar[25]	Rajajinagar[27]	Bangalore Central[27]	G. Krishnamurthy[27]
100	Basaveshwaranagar[28]	0.86[28]	33,084[28]	Vijayanagar[25]	Rajajinagar[28]	Bangalore Central[28]	Umavathi Padmaraj[28]
101	Kamakshipalya[29]	0.84[29]	30,333[29]	Vijayanagar[25]	Rajajinagar[29]	Bangalore Central[29]	Pratima R.[29]
105	Agrahara Dasarahalli[17]	0.77[17]	26,873[17]	Vijayanagar[25]	Govindarajanagar[17]	Bangalore South[17]	Shilpa G. Sridhar[17]
107	Shivanagar[30]	0.99[30]	24,181[30]	Vijayanagar[25]	Rajajinagar[30]	Bangalore Central[30]	Manjula Vijayakumar[30]

Post office

Basaveshwaranagar post office is located along the Siddaiah Puranik Road, opposite S. Cadambi Vidya Kendra. The

for the area is 560079. However, the northern parts of Basaveshwaranagar like Kirloskar Colony, Bhimajyothinagar and Kurubarahalli among others come under the Mahalakshmi Layout post office. The pincode for this post office is 560086.

Police station

Basaveshwaranagar has its own police station. The police station was earlier located near Havanur Circle opposite to Pavithra Paradise. It was later shifted to its current location on the 1st Main Road, near to the Dr. Ambedkar stadium. It comes under the jurisdiction of West division

The area does not have its own traffic police station and falls under the Vijayanagar Traffic Police jurisdiction.

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  Basaveshwaranagar Post Office
• 
  Basaveshwaranagar Police Station

Transport

Roads

The main roads of Basaveshwaranagar are:

• Siddaiah Puranik Road: It is also known as the 1st Cross Road and is the main commercial hub of Basaveshwaranagar with many shopping centres, banks, restaurants and hospitals. It connects Shankar Mutt in the north with Magadi Road in the south.
• 60 Feet Road: It is also known as the 1st Main Road. It connects Chord Road in the east with the Basaveshwaranagar Bus Stand in the west. Like Siddaiah Puranik Road, this road is also an important commercial hub. This road intersects with Siddaiah Puranik Road at Havanur Circle.
• Dr. M. C. Modi Hospital Road: This road connects Chord Road in the east with Shankar Mutt in the west. The Modi Eye Hospital is located on this road, hence this road is named as Dr. M. C. Modi Hospital Road.

Apart from these roads, there are other important roads in the locality such as 8th Main Road (BEML Layout Road), 15th Main Road (Kamalanagar Main Road), Kurubarahalli Main Road and Thimmaiah Road (Shivanahalli Main Road).

Metro

Basaveshwaranagar is easily accessible from both the Green Line and Purple Line of the Namma Metro. The nearest station on the Green Line is Rajajinagar, which is located 2 km from Basaveshwaranagar, while the nearest Purple Line station, Hosahalli, is 3 km away. Basaveshwaranagar's connectivity to the Namma Metro will be further improved after Phase 3 of the Namma Metro is completed, where a line from Magadi Road to Kadabagere passing through KHB Colony and Kamakshipalya will be built.^[32]

Buses

Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) runs a good fleet of buses to Basaveshwaranagar, connecting it with all the important business districts in the city. There are seven bus stations in the locality:

1. Basaveshwaranagar Main Bus Stand in 60 Feet Road (Also known as Sharada Colony Bus Stand as it is located in Sharada Colony)
2. BEML Layout Bus Stand in 8th Main Road
3. Shankar Nag Bus Station in Kamalanagar
4. Basaveshwaranagar 3rd Stage Bus Stand in Saneguruvanahalli
5. KHB Colony Bus Stand in Magadi Road
6. Bhimajyothinagar Bus Stand near Shankar Mutt
7. Kurubarahalli Bus Stand

The Kempegowda Bus Station for boarding intercity and interstate buses is just 5 km away from Basaveshwaranagar.

Economy

Basaveshwaranagar is home to many industry, banking and retail outlets.

The Siddaiah Puranik Road is the main commercial hub of Basaveshwaranagar. It has many stores ranging from supermarkets and bakeries to pharmacies, branded and generic clothing retail and watch shops among others. Many public sector and private sector bank branches are located along this road as well. The Kurubarahalli Main Road and the 60 Feet Road also have many shopping and banking facilities. Off Havanur Circle is the roadside Basaveshwaranagar market, which sells fresh fruits and vegetables apart from serving street food.

Basaveshwaranagar is also home to a considerable number of restaurants, which includes international dining chains, ice-cream parlours, coffee shops, multi-cuisine and cuisine-specific restaurants. The locality, due to its considerable

cuisine. Some famous restaurants in Basaveshwaranagar include Pavithra Paradise near Havanur Circle, Sri Guru Sagar, Cave N Dine, Le Arabia, Kadamba and Priyadarshini Grand to name a few.

Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad, a cooperative known for the Lijjat Papad brand, has an office in Basaveshwaranagar, near Havanur Circle.

Educational institutions

Basaveshwaranagar has a considerable number of educational institutions, both at the primary/secondary education and higher education level.

The area consists of renowned schools such as Carmel High School, Sri Vani Education Centre, National Academy For Learning (NAFL), S. Cadambi Vidya Kendra, St. Mira's High School, VLS International School and Florence High School to name a few. The famous National Public School, Rajajinagar is located just outside Basaveshwaranagar on the Chord Road. There are also pre-university colleges including Carmel Pre-University College, S. Cadambi Independent Pre-University College and Vidya Vardhaka Sangha (VVS) Sardar Patel Pre-University College. One Karnataka Government aided degree college V.V.S. First Grade College.

Basaveshwaranagar also has two government colleges: the Government

Medical College and Hospital off Havanur Circle.

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  S. Cadambi Vidya Kendra
• 
  V. V. S. Sardar Patel Pre-University College
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  Government Homeopathy Medical College

Recreation

Basaveshwaranagar has many recreational spaces including parks, open grounds and stadiums.

Most prominent among these recreational facilities is the

It also plays host to Sports Day events of nearby schools which do not have a playground of their own.

Another prominent recreational space is the Nethaji Subhas Chandra Bose ground at Saneguruvanahalli. It is popularly known as "Bose Park" and is built over the now-dried up Saneguruvanahalli Lake. It has both a park with facilities for walking as well as play and gym equipment and an open ground with facilities for playing cricket, football and other outdoor sports.

There is a famous park in Sharada Colony known as the

The park has facilities for walking and also a children's recreational area.

Some of the other parks and open spaces in Basaveshwaranagar include the Motappa Park at Manjunatha Nagar, the Kuvempu ground which is an open space used for playing cricket, football and volleyball, the Swami Vivekananda Park near Shankar Mutt, the Udaya Ravi Park at Kirloskar Colony and the Subhas Chandra Bose Park at Agrahara Dasarahalli, to name a few. The latter park is said to be the first park in Bangalore to offer free Wi-Fi.^[36]

There is a single cinema hall in the locality, the Veerabhadreshwara Theatre at Kamalanagar near to the BEML Layout Bus Stop. It predominantly shows

.

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  Sir M. Visveswaraya Aalada Marada Udyanavana (Monkey Park)
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  Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Stadium
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  Veerabhadreshwara Theatre

Hospitals

Basaveshwaranagar has a wide range of medical specialties practiced through these prominent hospitals:

Hospital Name	Location	Speciality
Chord Road Hospital	Siddaiah Puranik Road	ENT
Dr. M. C. Modi Super Speciality Eye Hospital	Dr. M. C. Modi Hospital Road	Eye
Panacea Hospital	Siddaiah Puranik Road	Multi-speciality
Pristine Hospital	Dr. M. C. Modi Hospital Road	Multi-speciality
Shanbhag Hospital	60 Feet Road	OBG

Basaveshwaranagar has ample number of clinics and nursing homes across. The availability of medicine is fulfilled by the in house pharmacy of these hospitals and many prominent local pharmacies.

Places of Worship

Temples

There are many Hindu temples in Basaveshwaranagar. The Sri Avani Sringeri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, a breakaway mutt of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham,^[37] is located at Basaveshwaranagar, particularly in the sublocality of Bhimajyothinagar at the junction of Siddaiah Puranik Road, Kurubarahalli Main Road, Dr. M. C. Modi Hospital Road and the Mahalakshmi Layout 14th Main Road. This road junction and the surrounding area is commonly known as Shankar Mutt. Even the BBMP ward where the mutt is situated (Ward 75) takes the name of Shankar Mutt. The mutt premises includes a sma ll temple dedicated to Goddess Sri Sharadamba, a hall used for religious ceremonies and a sub post office with the pincode 560079.

Another notable temple is the Sri Ganapathi Temple located on the 8th Main Road, near BEML Layout Bus Stop. The temple, situated on a small hillock, includes a small temple complex with temples dedicated to Hindu gods of both the

tradition.

Other important temples in the locality include the Sri Lakshmi Narayana Swami Temple near Havanur Circle, the Sri Subramanya Swami Temple, the Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka and the Sri Varapradha Lakshmivenkateshwara Temple at Kurubarahalli, the Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka Temple at Saneguruvanahalli and the Sri

Temple at Gruhalakshmi Layout.

Churches

Basaveshwaranagar has a very insignificant number of churches, but there is the Trinity Marthoma Church at Kamalanagar, a small church with the congregation being from the Malayalam-speaking Marthoma Christian community.

Mosques

There are a few mosques in Basaveshwaranagar such as the Makkah Masjid, Jamia Majid and Masjid-e-Nimra.

Notable residents

• V. Balakrishnan, former CFO of Infosys and AAP candidate for Bangalore Central Parliamentary Constituency in the 2014 Lok Sabha election^[38]
• Ramachandra Gowda, BJP leader and former Medical Education Minister, Government of Karnataka^[39]
• MLA for Rajajinagar (as of 2018) and current Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Government of Karnataka^{[14][40][41][42]}
• Kannada Cinema Director Bhargava

References